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Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Tinubu has divine calling to be Nigeria’s president – Diaspora group

Tinubu, a former two-term governor of Lagos State had on Monday informed President Buhari Muhammadu of his intention to join…
Fraud

Wasiu Kareem jailed 2 years for trafficking 25g heroine

Kareem was arrested following a tip off, at Idi-Araba in the Mushin area of Lagos, for unlawfully dealing in heroine…
EFCC witness, Idi Musa, narrates in court how the sum of N35bn was found in two bank accounts linked to Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha)

Updated: Mompha remanded in EFCC custody

Mompha is alleged to have conspired alongside Ahmadu Mohammed, now at large, to conduct N5.9billion worth of financial transactions with…
One feared dead, two injured as fire guts Alao-Akala’s residence

Ex-Oyo governor Alao-Akala is dead

Alao-Akala, born 3 June 1950, was governor of Oyo state between 2006 and 2011. Until his death, he was a…
Ejimakor and Kanu in Federal High Court Abuja

Nnamdi Kanu gets judgment day

The suit seeks several orders of court, including an apology to Kanu by the government and his repatriation to UK…
Alleged N7.6bn

I will contest APC prezy ticket if zoned to South East– Orji Kalu

Kalu said while he has nothing against the aspiration of anybody, he believed that the South-East is ripe for the…
Court adjourns Mompha’s trial

EFCC charges Mompha with laundering money for Nappy Boy

The anti-graft agency accuses Mompha of transferring funds for a suspect Olayinka Jimoh aka Nappy Boy and a record label
Nigeria's former Education Minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, stresses need for Africans to unite and change leadership style on the continent.

Money will fail in 2023 election – Ezekwesili bashes Tinubu

Ezekwesili on her Twitter page, while kicking against Tinubu’s bid for presidency, said the era of ‘turn by turn’ election…
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River

Cross River condemns collection of fees in primary schools

Reacting to complaints by parents that their wards were sent home for not paying some money, Mr Castro Ezama, Special…
Amina Mohammed

Buhari lauds UN over reappointment of Amina Mohammed

The president in a statement on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the president also…
Soot pollution in Rivers

Burna Boy cries out over soot pollution in Rivers

Governor Nyesom Wike, had earlier ordered the shutdown of illegal crude oil refining sites in the state to tackle the…
Gov. Zulum

UNICEF lauds Zulum for signing Child Protection Law

Mr Peter Hawkins, the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, said the development is a victory for the children of Borno.
Akeredolu

Akeredolu promises Ondo south people electricity after 14 years of blackout

Gov. Akeredolu created the Ministry of Energy Mines and Mineral Resources, to speed up the reconnection of the Ondo south…
David Sassoli

David Sassoli EU Parliament president dies, burial Friday

Sassoli, a socialist, had been hospitalized since Dec. 26 because of abnormal functioning of his immune system, his spokesman Roberto…
Governor Seyi Makinde, Olubadan's widow, Rasheedat, and the son of the late monarch, Dr. Abdul Raheem Adetunji

Makinde speaks on controversies over new Olubadan

Makinde assured sons and daughters of Ibadanland that his administration would do what was right to preserve the integrity and…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven

Thabitha Silas, Audu Samuel rescued from abductors

She was rescued by troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, according to Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media…
Scene of the crash near MOOKGOPHONG, Limpopo South Africa

12 killed after SUV smashes into 22-seater bus, igniting fire

A spokesman from the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety reported that the driver of the Toyota SUV lost…
Kano Police Command HQ

Kano Police arrest man who kidnapped two siblings, killed one

The suspect first kidnapped on June 7, 2021, a three-year old sibling of the girl, identified as Muttaka, in Tofa…
VP Yemi Osinbajo

Osinbajo, most credible option for Nigeria’s future, Group insists

“No declaration by any number of aspirants can douse the patriotic passion associated with those championing the cause of an…
DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa

‘How Kano man Lauje abducted, slaughtered 13-yr-old girl’

Police said the suspect further confessed that, on June 7, 2021, he kidnapped a younger brother of the victim, Muttaka,…
Governor Seyi Makinde, Olubadan's widow, Rasheedat, and the son of the late monarch, Dr. Abdul Raheem Adetunji

Seyi Makinde visits late Olubadan Oba Adetunji’s family

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the next Olubadan of Ibadanland will be appointed using the “original”…
Shonekan: Nigeria's National Flag to fly at half-mast for 3 days

Shonekan’s death, colossal loss to Ogun – Gov. Abiodun

Abiodun expressed grief that Chief Shonekan, former chairman chairman of the UAC Nigeria Plc., passed on at a period Nigeria…
Some of Bikes impounded by the Rivers State Taskforce on illegal Street Trading.

Delivery companies groan over clampdown on motorbikes in Rivers

Governor Wike had earlier directed that Logistics companies using motorbikes to register with the state government for proper documentation for…
Omokri

I fear lots of babies may be conceived today – Omokri

Reno Omokri, a media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, said he fears lots of babies may be conceived today…
Wike and others during the visit to Makinde

Those saying Presidency shouldn’t be zoned in PDP are agents of APC – Wike

Former Governor of Kano State,  Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is interested in contesting the 2023 presidency had said on Monday that…
Shonekan: Nigeria's National Flag to fly at half-mast for 3 days

Shonekan: Nigeria’s National Flag to fly at half-mast for 3 days

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all public buildings, facilities, and official residences to fly the Nigerian flag at half-mast for…
2023 Presidency: Umahi rolls out agenda, to host Buhari in March

Umahi meets Buhari, declares interest for 2023 presidency

This is coming 24 hours after former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with Buhari and declared interest to…
Obasanjo

Shonekan’s death shocking, he’s a unifying force – Obasanjo 

Obasanjo said Shonekan's death was shocking, declaring that his contribution to the growth and development of democracy in Nigeria could…
Buhari and Shonekan

Buhari speaks on Shonekan’s death: I’m profoundly saddened

Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos at the age of 85.
de arrest over allegation that he been raping 14- year- old daughter

Nigerian teenager defiled at 13 threatens suicide

Mother of the teenager, now 19 and a student of one of the tertiary school, made the disclosure at an…